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WALTER deSILVA's plann- ing and housing study of the city is studied by members of the Charlottetown housing

resentatives RF. Gagne, Jolhn Fowlie, and J .A. Houston; Mr. deSilva; Wendali MacKny, deputy minister of municipal

study committee at the Charlo- ttetown Hotel yesterday. Left to right are Central Mortgage and Housing Cooperation nep-

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attainm; public works engin-

eer John Gilmore and Mumci- pal Affairs Minister .1. David Stewart.

Housing Deficiency Cited As Zoning Moves Urged

By RALPH CAMERON

Guardian . Patriot Staff Writerl

Charlottetown has a serious housing unit deficiency while at the some time it is r over- toned for commercial and light Industrial uses, it was stated by Walter P. DeSilva, town plan- ner, in his “Planning an

Housing Study“ report present-i

ed to City Council last night. The report proposes a o m-

plete revision of present zoning;

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Irv-laws and recommends City C o u n e 11 immediately adopt an “interim zoning” to control development in the meantime.

Originally planned by City Council as a purely h ou sing study to determine living conditions in the city,

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Vide a blueprint for the future.

It takes into consideration lllt'll related matters as the need for changes in present re- gulations regarding lot sizes, which it states are too large for use in valuable land areas. and for new thinking regarding in-

the re-. port goes much beyond to pro-;

stallation of water and sewagej‘He added his study revealed services. iht nearly all welfare lCONSIDERABLE “BLIGHT” :cases and problem families : Also given considerable spaceldealt with by welfare agencies jare matters relating to building came from areas of poor hous- regulations, future development ‘ ing. jof the central business area, civ- i UNITS REQUIRED gic layout and design with parti-‘ In determining the number of [eular reference to the neighbor-ihousing units required a survey liz‘iril of Queen Square; trailiclwas made of each of the city control; development of openiwards excepting Ward 6. The :spaces for future school expan-‘results showed Ward 1 with 551 sinn; and a variety of related lfamilies and 502 housing units: isubjects. ard 2 has 333 families a n 11 Mr. DeSilva said in studying 285 units; Ward 3 with 278 fam- the local situation he has copied lilies and 273 units; Ward 4 With the city assessor's system of re-;650 families and 459 units: ferring to the type of buildingsg‘Ward 5 has 2,382 families but as good, fair or poor. However,§only 1,966 housin units. ‘due to a considerable amount of’ The report states the over- all “blight” in individual build. deficiency of housing units is ings scattered through variousi709 indicating overcrowding by sections he had added a fourth‘approximately 17 per mm. ,category which he te rm ed Mr. deSilva stated: “This rep- very poor or derelict". resents the prevalent conditions He noted that blight in one of overcrowding which mainly building encouraged the spreadhave resulted from the scarcity of itself to others in the neigh- 10f accommodation for the lower borhood and these were in 0 re income grOuPS Who have Cl‘OWd- susceptible to fires and nearly ed into small apartments which always had a low assessment. have been carved out. Conse~

quently, the poorest families have to pay high and often ex- orbitant rents for the meag and inadequate shelter they ob- tain. In spite of the high rents paid for such poor quality ac-

from such buildings are Moreover, the adverse

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depressed

in the areas affect health, social and

munity.

50 per cent) of the people

be able to afford to buy of their own. Amongst

percentage who could monthly payments but not p a y in e nt,

es of interest. Therefore, only course of action indicated

Sidized housing.’

of the older parts of the city re- quire “rehabilitation and servation" a ese

teriorated to an extent would need total clearance and

.commodation, city tax returns livingl economic well being and these in turn are costly to the com- A high proportion (perhaps these deficiency areas will iiort

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other than through paying exhorbitant rat- the

is to provide some form of sub-

l He noted that several sections

con- are not de- that

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City Fiscal Picture Bright ? As Surplus Hits $16,722

Mayor A. Walthch Gaudet paid tribute to the board school trustees in his annual re- port to city council last night.

Mayor Gaudet praised the board under chairman Dr. R.G. Lea for the completion of the

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vast school building program this year. He said the construction pro

:1 w onc. I defy any other municipality comparable in size to even come close to”.

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elementary schools rose in a $3,000,000 building program.

The schools “now provide us with long overdue and adequate facilities to meet the challenge of educating our youth".

May det said the pre- sentcitycounoiiascoun"' the past viewed the program as an absolute necessity." It has never been a case of ‘can we afford to?', but rather a realiz- ation that we couldn‘t possibly afford not to".

TRUER WORTH The mayor ranged over a

re wide variety of subjects in report.

0n the civic assessment being carried out by J .P. Coombs and

have available to us a truer

island us in good stead from a l borrowing and selling standpoint and of real value to the in- dividual property owners way of a wide variety of uses.

The mayor expressed the hope that the city dump “this long standing cancer on the

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8 house: face of our city" will be remov- .themiod before 1 4.

there would be a certain smalll He said council is studying in e e t

the possibility of erecting an in- cinerator on a site suitable to the provincial government and “real progress" on this project is expected early this year. As chairman of the lpublic relations ‘Mayor Gaudet announced that the councl was preparing i brochure for distribution to those who wish to know more about Charlottetown. PILLS VITAL The brochure about a month and the mayor

City Seen Pace Seite In School Advances

in Land":

Associates, he said, “..we shall note

worth of our City, which should m d

The chief magistrate promis-i Cu to continue exerting pressuref on the No members of Par- liament for Queens County for federal participation in the re- building of the breastwork at

Additional local and Queens along with last night's City Council, will be found on page eight. Among the items there are more reports based upon the long-awaited Housing and Planning report of town planner Walter de- ilva.

{THERE’SMORE / Capital Balance ’ON PAGE EioHT

Is Up $2 Million

By RALPH CAMERON [$289,553 went for this with an- Guardian - Patriot Staff Writerlother big amount of $240,477.85 Another bright picture of civic ibeing spent on public w orks. financial affairs was s h own Protection of the public through last night when finance chair- the fire and police departments, man H.E. Hyndman reported a police court, lighting and other modest surplus of $16,722 ongmiscellaneous needs required current account as he gave his $238,513.33 while general gov-

Victoria Park.

The mayor termed the park’s hreastwork as a "major prob- lem" and said both the city and provincial government are ready to pay one-third the cost of repairs.

The mayor said, “We hav pressed for federal partici- pation through our Queens MP during 1962 without success,

and shall continue that pressure “

until we gain final success."

Other items reviewed it“ the report include:

Amalgamation of “No Man's - “I again welcome the residents of this area into our city, including both staff and students of our only provincial university, St. Dunstan's".

The committee studying the amalgamation of Charlottetown. Parkdale, Shea-wood, and West Royalty; - “Their subsequent recommendations will be await- ed with interest by all of us on this council".

Centennial year: - "...We take with keen satisfaction and appreciation the start nlow uare on the

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a e on Queen Sq Confederation Memorial Build

ings.....1n this connection your city caimcll has offered every (to-opera n".

In this regard the mayor pro- mised continued efforts to have Canadian National Rail- ways eiiilange the eating facil- ities at the Charlottetown Hotel. He said this "extremely

_ 5 statement for the,ernment of the City cost $160.- year at the annual meeting of1101.03. Of the latter the largest City Council. lsingle item was 3 , 7 for He remarked that conditionslpension fund contributions. were even better than that as Lesser sums were spent on the surplus was brought aboutihealth and welfare with $38.‘ in addition to allocating the‘350.35 and on such recreation sum of $25, an advance:and community services as the against Centennnial Celebrations‘public library, city squares and and m ing a special contribu.lVictoria Park at $29,137.92. 0th- tion of $10,000 to the Employee's er and varied costs amounted to

annually business, especially for the 50 o

more conventions already arranged for that centennial ear". POLLUTION

council to rectify these condi- tions".

Recommendation tor a 10- year building program for city hall: - “...We... have at least started the ball rolling by way of purchase during the year of the Hennessey and Bell proper- t!es...for future and eventually essential ciivie rebuilding pro- grams".

School Board Calls Year , ’One Of Most Significant’ l

The year 1962, which saw the completion of three elementary city schools, was described as one of the most significant in the h i s t o r y of the city school board in its annual report 0 city council.

Overall cost of the th 1‘ e e schools was estimated at ap- proximately $1,280,000, crease of about 20 per cent over

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project was started. The board of school trustees said this increase in cost w a s

ROLE brought about by the necessity: Will be ready in lof increasing the size and fac1l-

ities of the schools over what

1 An analysis of the.changes in

Pension . 66,686.16 for the year. The chairman stated another ,REVEAL ASSETS

$4,740 had also been set aside as Several items on the capital it part of the cost of the revis-,funds balance sheet prepared ion of assessment. lby the auditors, H.R. Donne CAP LUS and Company, are of interest al . I-Iyndman in reporting on they reveal assets under the city finanm to the end of De. :heading of capitalized expendi- cember 1962 said current ac-,tul‘es of streets and sidewalks. count expenditures had been $1,- l$4.043.165.30: schools and equip- 612,626.06 while the revenue for ‘ment of 353.057.799.90: and tho the year, with the addition of water and sewer system at $1.- the previous year’s surplus of 764.905-47.

$6,443.32, had amounted to 51,—! Lands and buildings of the 629,348.80, icity are valued at $431,130.61. He had further good news forIWith plant and movable proper—

citizens when he said the capi-‘iy at $239.834-48 and parks and tal funds balance sheet reveal- public grounds at $203,162.55- ed a surplus as well with assets 1 Turning to a list Of the capital of $10,574,821.66 and liabilities expenditures for the y or Mr. of $8,413,319.80 to provide th e Hyndman said the biggest single capital surplus of $2,161,501.86. outlay was for new schools wi At the end of last year th e l$666.921-25 bEing Spent last net debt of the city stood at $6,- lyear- Another $105.549-65 W” 982,993.73 an increase of $1,135,-‘paid for the waterworks pro- 265.31 as new debentures issuedigram bringng new lines into ""“ing the year totalled $500,. {the old part of the city for better 000 for new schools and $650,0001fire protection. for permanent works Street paving last year cost ‘595,548.45 with parking areas

The board said it was embark- the net debt of the city shows icosting $56.056.63 and the sewer

ing on a program to provide re» ,that liabilities increased

source materials and trained personnel which would meet the needs of each child. This would include facilities for those need- iing special assistance, as well as opportunities for stimulating and advancing more gifted stud- ts.

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The program would entail in- creased expenditures for class room teaching aids and mater- ials, libram'es, laboratories. and the provision of extra classes.

Statistics quoted by the school board showed that 3,542 children were enrolled in the seven city

la “program requiring $86,969.46. iyear by $430,464.54 to a total of Land purchases came to $56,- i$8,606,078.90. At the same time‘396 as the city acquired the ‘the liquid assets— that is cash,ad10ifling Hennessey Funeral on hand, cash in the bank, sink-‘Home property and lands for I lug funds cash on deposit and city dump and for parklands. investments dropped $704,800.77JARRING NOTE

he one jarring note in the in-

to $1,623,085.17. “ring the same PeriOd it formation given last night was was “019d that maturing dEbefl' ;contained in the auditors’ report d,‘where they noted: “In spite of

tures totalling $289,250.00 the fact that progress was

been paid in full by the city.

[TOTAL REVENUE made during the year in col- ‘ Of the total current revenue‘jlecting arrears of real estate lof $1,629,348.80 the city receivedtaxes, the over- all collection l$l,292,200.56 ‘ taxation. Real results are not as satisfactory

estate provided $858,281.17; per- as in 1961. so a property and business oc-‘ They stated the total cash col- cupancy $395,292.89; and eduea-ilected represented 92 per cent tional tax $96,738.00. From this of the net levy for the year. was deducted $58,111.50 as a compared to 99 per cent the provision for uncollectable tax- previous year and they urge n es. Especial effort be made immed-- Grants accounted for incomeliately on tax collections. of $227,180 with the provincial! In this connection the state- per capita grant providing $‘33,-lment of taxes receivable shown

Start Upon Redevelopment Urged At Site Of Old Sacred Heart Home as

. . ' 1. Purchase of the old S a e r e d a, unified 913m" the "9°" “'1' . hich municipal overnment Heart Home site as a start on a tIDUEd- "In order ‘0 cafiy 0“ i 'cannot finance by gthemselvesl

redevelopment. However, said, signs of gathering blight

schools at the end of the pastl year ,and 156 teachers were em-

said, “We feel it shall fill a vital was considered necessary at the ‘ played by the board.

role in our continued public re- ibeginning of the project and by lations program". lan increase in building costs.

Driving Courses Favored N

in the near future,l

a be seen and immediate

steps should be taken. The town planner remarked] that urban renewal and provis- s

ion for subsidized housing in-

blight is in evidence. they are

not areas which would ualif . q y recommendation that a safe-[as the suggested harbour patrol. icomplished

reliousing and redevelopment for total clearance. But he pro- this phase of the recommenda-.However he said aid we va.1_i . ‘ I , ‘1803 the Dommmm vamcial‘the real estate assessment for plan for the City was proposed poses action now to prevent fur- tions it would be necessary for ‘able thr'ough the N atioan all ldrivmg educational program be. Also included in the reportlso that the parking problem, meemt supplying $20300; ‘1962 was 3861‘40442 on which

Housin A t ‘lntl‘OdUCed into high school cur-lwas an outline of the city park-{might be lessened. i

In orierct6 meet the Situation lriculum was made in the policeling situation, with reference be-i Mention was made or the [ml 1 - - . . ‘committee‘s annual report to:ing made to the report receiv- stallation of A. J_ Hasiam as; lex'smg here regardmg housmglcity council yesterday. 1 from the Municipal Service I l

City Council to have the powerl to refuse development and build- ing permits until the above ‘ilcll- tioned comprehensive proposals are made by the ‘

and $1,500 being received forithe city was credited the fire department and anoth- $757,368.77 leaVing a balance 0!! er $22,500 as a result of amal- last year of $104,035.65. However gamation. the balance still due is higher Other revenue from a variety due to amounts unpaid in prev- of sources totalled $103,524.92 ious years. Including these the With- the largest single amount total for collection last ear coming from e Commission- came to $988,209.77 with credit! ers of Sewers and Water Supply given at $839,027.71. With $50,156.56. Police Court and Failure of citizens to pay was

ther deterioration with the en- forcement of a code to mini- his housing study report. lmum standards and building by- Mr. deSilva said there wei‘e.laWs as the appropriate instru- three areas selected for clear-lmcnt to protect rehabilitation ance and redevelopment “dueland conservation. to the derelict and dilapidated, “It is also recommended that nature of the structures and City Council should prepare extremely poor housing condi- comprehensive zoning and deve- tions that exist there". llo ment proposals for the s e

last night by Walter deSilva, plut‘essional town planner, in,

conditions as we as protect The committee said a hithCOmpany of Oakvme, Ontario. city magistrate, a post former-l There us a considerable glazirsagty Emmi") and protviidepercentage of teenagers h adlwhieh was engaged to study the 13’ Occupied by K- M. Martin. amount of work that Will have 93 d hailslmg» t. i‘been charged with traffic vio-iproblem and recommend solu-i The committee paid tribute'to to be done by City Council's own a: y an 9.? ess Sec Ions. o Jlations during the past year inltions. lthe work of former Police Chief commum 3” police court, and members feltl One of the parking recommen~lC. W. MacArthur, whose reSigna-

staff before planning and mic , VEiOPmeni can be proper! (ES-imade several recommendations‘ some system could be dcvised,'dations already implemented, tion as chief became effective

y . . He proposed strict enforce- . - ' 1 Th“ number one section faccsmrcas s0 that the future deVEioP- tabIIShed and appropriately . With the eo-operation of schoo: the committee said. was the or- an. 31, 1963. Members recal- the do ta ‘ . . I . |ment of these sections 0 h 8 qualified personnel Will have to meat or the national ho“ 5mg lauthorities and the city traffic dering of new parking meters ed that the former chief, along g x combmed to bung eve" m°r° “onceable in the t“

in $25,037.92 and the parking on personal property and busi- meters adding $14,524.23 for the ness occupancy where the total

Connnught Square and be pro-, . Poses erection of a municipally- l City can be guided according to

standards of Canada in all con-

struction w o r k

ess up on carrying charges of five andrwith Chief Sterns Webster and

be added to the City staff." . bet- ten cents, and present meterslstaff Sergeant Dowling, receiv-

department, “to impr teenagers the necessity of a

cerning the improved meter pro- tection and collection were un- der consideration. : 9 Highway Safety Award for

The committee expressed the a fatality-free traffic record, the a second consecutive award re:

the police department for its ac-

ance DI‘OJCCL . . . ‘ new hpuses' ad pm" by“, “Cg; Lcomplishments. but stressed the

SOME RESERVE!) While the whole section above Union Street to Pownal 8 ii d

ed for the greatest individual left a balan e e still owing of expenditure of the city with last $247,106.58.

year’s p a y m e n t 3 coming to 3 However, greatest offenders $549,806.42. This took care of in- of those failing to meet tax ob-

the receiving this past year of

. in the city' owned apartment dwelling on . . O 18,. est sums r c - . . . . . the site of the Sacred if e a rt‘ iadgptm? b5; Qty cons“; of] f ter observance of traffic regula-iare also to be changed to carryled long term lserv1ce medals DEgBT CHARGESEWEd giigsvaggehggczlfidfig 5:3,“ (:31 Home to provide housing for thei I ' ggngtrfictg'nnuggc'flpznc; “851121 ltions. especially speeding." {corresponding charges. 1 l r; lthe 1stssociattliion oft Chiefs A h most governments “[5349 333.68 pai‘d O-f a total 0); famlies displaced by the clear-l maintenance’ for both old and; committee commended committee said pans con- ofplezge‘e ugh: eipngsegeag. an levels debt charges account. 3.596.440.26 duo the City. This

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0 Council of an interim

Iplan and revision of the zoning anc‘ building by-ilarvs; and th

eed for an increase in person-

n nel. This need, the report said,

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along the latter to Water Street 13 proposed as a redevelopment area not all of it is listed f or rehousing. The report states due to the proximity and suitability of the area for defined com-

. office buildings and large est"blishments only a part should be redeveloped for resi- dential purposes. The re st should be reserved for potential CU"llllt‘rf‘l"l development.

Tie p'cinner suggests that in the area above where he propos- es to start new housing a large four- storey apartment building -p0rhnps in H or Uform— could be erected to take care of all the famlllies now living in the district.